Chirote is a crispy, dry, sweet snacks. It also known as khaja or gaja. Maharashtra word chirote is known in Bengal as khaja and in Orissa as "gaja". This sweet is a famous Prasad in Puri Jagannath Dham.
This crispy sweet is very easy to prepare and very delicious in taste. It is prepared with refined flour and coated with sugar syrup. It made with minium ingredients. Try out my easy version of making sweets chirote at home and you must like it.
Ingredients :
2 cup refined flour
½ cup refined oil
Water as needed
Oil for frying
For sugar syrup :
1 bowl sugar
½ bowl water
½ tsp green cardamom powder
1 tsp lemon juice
Method : how to make
1 - Take refined flour in a plate and add oil in it.
2 - Then add water step by step, knead it properly and make a soft dough.
3 - After kneading cover the dough for 15 minutes and keep aside.
4 - For making sugar syrup take one bowl sugar and half boil water in a pan.
5 - Boil it in medium flame stir continuously.
6 - Add 1 tsp lemon juice in it.
7 - We need one string consistency sugar syrup for chirote.
8 - When sugar syrup comes to one string consistency, close the flame, add green cardamom powder in it. Cover the syrup and keep aside.
9 - After 15 minutes divide the dough in 3 part.
10 - Take some dry flour, make round shape ball in dough, roll it in a rolling pin and make a thin roti. Make all three roti in same process.
11 - Then take 2 tbsp ghee in a bowl. Mix 3 tbsp refined flour in it. Mix it properly and make a smooth paste.
12 - Add 2 tbsp ghee flour mix over a roti. Spread it properly. Keep 2nd roti over it. Then add again the mix over 2nd roti. Arrange all three roti in same process.
13 - Now make roll with these roti. Cut it ½ inch piece in width.
14 - Take a piece and add some dry floor over it then roll it in a rolling pin.
15 - Roll all the pieces in same process.
16 - Heat oil in medium flame. We need lukewarm oil for frying chirote.
17 - Then add one by one pieces in lukewarm oil and fry it till it turns to light golden brown colour.
18 - After turns to light golden brown colour take all the pieces in a plate.
19 - Dip it in sugar syrup for 5-6 second. Then take it in a plate.
20 - Now chirote is ready for serving, you can also store it in a air tight container above 15 days.
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